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Analyses the achievement of one of the central partnerships in British film history -- .

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Produced, written and directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat
2. Keeping the home fires burning: the home front trilogy – Millions Like Us, Two Thousand Women, Waterloo Road
3. Very individual pictures: The Rake's Progress, I See a Dark Stranger
4. 'Happy days': The Blue Lagoon, The Happiest Days of Your Life, The Belles of St Trinian's, etc
5. Authors and genres: thrillers and comedies
6. Last words
Filmography
Select Bibliography
Index

Launder and Gilliat

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 9/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719056680, 978-0719056680
    ISBN10: 0719056683
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    Film history, theory or criticism Filmmaking and production Individual film directors

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Analyses the achievement of one of the central partnerships in British film history -- .

    Table of Contents

    1. Introduction: Produced, written and directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat
    2. Keeping the home fires burning: the home front trilogy – Millions Like Us, Two Thousand Women, Waterloo Road
    3. Very individual pictures: The Rake's Progress, I See a Dark Stranger
    4. 'Happy days': The Blue Lagoon, The Happiest Days of Your Life, The Belles of St Trinian's, etc
    5. Authors and genres: thrillers and comedies
    6. Last words
    Filmography
    Select Bibliography
    Index

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